My shotgun week success

Well with the warm weather I was concerned that we would even see any. I bought a new H&R ultra slug Hunter deluxe 12 ga with a vortex the viper scope and using Remington accu tips in 2 3/4" and dialled in at 100 yards. Our group had all doe tags except for one guy.

Monday had a bruiser of a buck come on on my opposite side behind a branch and I was waiting for him to come out to a clearing he looked directly North, and spun around and bolted into the bush. Found out one of the guys to the north got up from his stand. I was frustrated because this buck was awesome. We did not see anything on pushes or watches till Wednesday.

Wednesday morning just at legal light I heard a shot from the east field where my mom, dad and wife where. I tried radioing them but with no response. All of a sudden a young doe came out and i dropped it (103 yards) then after radioing saying I got one a nice size doe came out and dropped it on the spot (87 yards). Found out my dad shot at the pair but missed and it was a doe and fawn that I got (his radio changed channels on him). I would usually pass on a fawn but how it played out, I was not sure what was shot at and did not want to let one pass by me that could be injured. The rest of Wednesday and Thursday nothing.

We took my 6 year old daughter out of school on Friday to come for the day and it was way too hot. We did not see any. my wife and daughter had to leave that night and I stayed for a morning watch and then taking down the stands.

Saturday morning was not what the forecast said it was going to be. It was suppose to be cold, 10 km winds from the west and overcast with 10% chance of precipitation. Well it was gusting wind, off and on rain. I said I was going to go into the blind my wife was using for the week but when I got there it was not raining and decided to go to my stand. Well as I got up to the stand it started to rain but being in the cedar trees I was pretty protected. About 7:30 a but comes out about 40 yards in front of me, and heads away from me. I was waited to see what he was going to go before using a call and he stopped at 50 yards at a scrape, he moved his back end out and started at the licking branch. He gave me a hard quartering away shot. I tried to visually aim for the opposite shoulder and fired. He kicked very high and sounded like a freight train going through the bush. He finally expired 45 yards in the bush. He was a fighter. He would have been an 8 point buck but 1 antler was broken off. His right ear had a big chunk missing and he was scarred up. The slug went in about 4" behind the shoulder double lunged took out the heart.

There was a ton of luck on my side this year. These deer are providing for the 7 hunters and there families.

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Congratulations!

Wow you definitely had a great hunt congrats

congrats on a successful hunt!

Congratulations, sounds like a good week

It was starting to look like a bust by end of Tuesday with that only deer getting spooked by another Hunter on the other property. But then luck turned around. I have to say spending quality time behind the trigger at a range has paid off as well as all the learning in the field of past seasons with buck fever and trying to over come the panic. I am grateful for a successful hunt. Our families are going to have some great meat for the winter.

Great week for you! Some years you just end up being a deer magnet! Congrats!

Should make for some fine meals. Congrats